Interstate 95 reopens after multi-vehicle crash in Newark, Delaware

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Monday, February 3, 2020
Interstate 95 reopens after multi-vehicle crash in Newark, Delaware
Several vehicles were involved in this crash on Interstate 95 in Newark, Delaware.

NEWARK, Delaware (WPVI) -- Interstate 95 in Newark, Delaware has reopened after a multi-vehicle crash.

The crash happened just before 10 a.m. Monday in the southbound lanes of I-95, in the area of the Otts Chapel Road overpass near the Maryland border.

Police say the driver of a box truck, a 42-year-old man from Bowie, Maryland, slammed into the back of a van.

The box truck then kept going and then crashed into the back of a flatbed truck, coming to rest on the back of the flatbed.

The driver of the van, a 44-year-old man from Berlin, Maryland, suffered serious injuries.

The driver of the box truck was charged with inattentive driving and failure to have an insurance card in his possession.